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The salt draws out excess water under the skin, therefor reduces swelling in ankles.
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Can drinking beer and taking cozaar cause swelling in ankles?
Drinking too much and not getting enough exercise will cause swelling. Keep taking your Cozaar, lay off the booze and get some moderate exercise every day or so -- and eat healthy foods without too much salt or fat in them.
Does alcohol cause swelling in feet?
http://myhealth-net.blogspot.com health care in this site checkout Swelling in the ankles/feet can be caused by liver problems. One of the signs of liver failure is swelling in the legs. The liver cannot remove the toxins efficiently, so they accumulate in the legs. I know this because I had a co-worker that was being treated for liver failure (on a transplant list) His legs had been swollen for quite some time. At first he was told to watch his salt and elevate his feet. He was disappointed in his HMO, because he felt that the doctor should have picked up earlier on the liver issues due to the swelling he was experiencing.
What do you understand by the tonicity of tears?
It's understood that tears are made to be isotonic to the cells it's traveling by when excreted by glands in the eye. This is to prevent swelling of the cells of the eyes if you start tearing up. Swelling could cause temporary impaired sight. Salt in our tears also is good for healing our selves and for killing bacteria around our eyes.
Higher salt concentration outside cell than inside what would happen?
Through the process of osmosis, the water inside the cell would leave the cell in order to equalize the concentration of water relative to salt in and outside the cell. The cell would shrink. Salt is not passing through at all.
Grass along the edge of a highway or sidewalk which had salt spread on it in winter turns brown and dies in summer?
Concentrated sodium (Na), a component of salt, can damage plant tissue whether it contacts above or below ground parts. High salinity can reduce plant growth and may even cause plant death. When the road is salted some of that salt can be sprayed onto the grass. The contact with the salt itself doesn't kill the grass. What happens is the salt dissolves into the water from the snow or from a rainfall afterwards and moves into the soil. The water then evaporates up or gets pulled up by the grass, but the salt stays. The grass actually uses a salt gradient inside it to pull the water into it through the roots (osmosis) but when the salt becomes too concentrated in the soil from all that road salt, that process can't work and so the grass dies from dehydration. It's the same thing that happens when people drink too much sea water.
Should one reduce salt intake when taking cortisone?
Yes one should reduce salt intake when taking cortisone. Consuming foods with added or high salt intake can cause swelling (or increased swelling) if eaten while taking cortisone
Can too much salt cause ankle swelling?
Yes, consuming too much salt can cause ankle/foot swelling. Because over consumption will cause the body to retain more water, the ankles can swell from the water retention.
How do you treat the swelling from cancer?
There are several ways to treat and prevent cancer swelling. Keep affected areas elevated, limit salt intake, and talk to doctors about medications that can reduce swelling.
What cause swelling in the ankles?
fluid build-up can be caused by too much salt in the diet, also standing for long periods of time, there is medication for this condition, your doctor will have to do some tests to make sure your heart is OK, sometimes a heart condition will also cause swollen ankles
What is the role of hypertonic solution?
Mostly to reduce swelling. For example, a sore throat. Sore throats can be cured with the constant rinsing of salt water.
Goggling with sweet water instead of salt water will give any effect?
The reason we gargle with salt water for a sore throat is for both a cleansing action and to slightly reduce swelling and inflammation in the throat. Both of these properties of cleaning and reducing swelling come from the salt itself. Using something sweet in the water such as sugar would take out the element (salt) that is helpful in this case, so it would not be as effective as salt water.
Why does salt make your body swell?
salt water helps to remove water through a property of osmosis. this is movement of water molecules from a region of their higher concentration to a region of their lower concentration across a semipermeable membrane. since the swelling contains more water a concentrated salt solution on the other side will allow the water molecules from the swelling to move across the skin or semipermeable membrane into the high salt region through osmosis and thus help reduce swelling.
Can drinking beer and taking cozaar cause swelling in ankles?
Drinking too much and not getting enough exercise will cause swelling. Keep taking your Cozaar, lay off the booze and get some moderate exercise every day or so -- and eat healthy foods without too much salt or fat in them.
What should you put on a belly piercing if sore and red?
If it's sore and red, you can take ibuprofen to reduce the swelling. But you should always use sea salt soaks (8oz of warm water and about 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon of salt) and soak your piercing to reduce the chances of infection.
What food helps fluid retention?
Salt increases it, to reduce it ... reduce salt.
Why would rinsing your mouth with warm salt water reduce the swelling in your gums?
The salt temporarly alkalinizes the mouth, which is the opposite environment bacteria likes to live in. The salt also helps your injured gums heal.
How do you reduce swelling in mouth?
Use glycerine borax for local application. Use of saline [table salt] gargles. Use of Neem or any other ayurvedic tooth paste. Rub your gums.
